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CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is only gainer, up 3.4%
Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading index lower.
Michael Saylor's Strategy made modest bitcoin purchase at start of last week's crypto crash
The company added 1,142 bitcoin purchased for about $90 million, or an average price of $78,815 per coin.
Bitcoin value investors move in as price drops, 'capitulation' searches rise
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 9, 2026
Bitcoin, major tokens drop as traders position for downside protection
Bitcoin extended recent losses as derivatives data show a clear risk-off shift.
Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FT
Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website.
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by most since 2021 as miners capitulate
Miners are facing significant challenges, with bitcoin revenue per petahash falling by half from a peak of $70 to $35.
Here's how market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's brutal crash to $60,000
The invisible hands of market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's recent crash.
Coinbase, Robinhood earnings, U.S. jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 9.
Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’
In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.
Tether's gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies says
The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion.
Bithumb $44 billion bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
The Financial Supervisory Service said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
Here's why the quantum threat for bitcoin may be smaller than people fear
The key point is that most of the potentially exposed bitcoin isn’t sitting in a handful of giant, juicy targets. It’s scattered across more than 32,000 separate wallets.
Takaichi Triumph: Japan’s record 56,000 Nikkei surge sends bitcoin to $72,000, gold past $5,000
Japanese mandate sparks surge in equities and safe havens.
Previewing policy at Consensus Hong Kong 2026: State of Crypto
The CoinDesk crew is back in Hong Kong, with policymakers and policy-users alike.
Bitcoin bulls spot bottoming signs as longtime bears take victory laps
The Financial Times and Peter Schiff were among the no-coiners giving themselves pats on the back as crypto crashed this week.
Odds of Jesus Christ appearing in 2026 double, beating return on bitcoin
The Polymarket bet is a reminder that the weirdest corners of crypto are sometimes the only ones going up.
